Police v Toomey - [1985] 1 NZLR 338

Criminal law — Jurisdiction of District Court — Sentence — Guilty plea before conclusion of preliminary hearing — Indictable offence triable summarily was in fact laid indictably — Accused pleaded guilty before depositions — Whether District Court Judge was obliged to commit accused for sentence to the High Court — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 153A(6)(a) - District Courts Act 1947, s 28G.